πτέρυξ pterux G4420
“a wing” — Dodson Greek Lexicon
Same root: Related words from the same root: 6 more words
Strong's Greek Dictionary (1890) says these words are built from one another, all going back to πέτομαι petomai (G4072). Each line says which source links it. Words with a prefix are listed with their main word, not with the prefix. Related words can still differ in meaning.
- πετεινός peteinos G4071 “a bird” built from πέτομαι G4072 (per Strong's) · Abbott-Smith agrees in 14 verses
- καταπέτασμα katapetasma G2665 “a veil, curtain” built from κατά G2596 + πέτομαι G4072 (per Strong's) in 6 verses
- πέτομαι petomai G4072 “I fly” head of this family (per Strong's: a primary word) in 5 verses
- πτερύγιον pterugion G4419 “an extremity, battlement, parapet” built from πτέρυξ G4420 (per Strong's) in 2 verses
- ἐκπετάζω ekpetazō G1600 “I spread or stretch out” built from ἐκ G1537 + πέτομαι G4072 (per Strong's) in 1 verse
- πτηνός ptēnos G4421 “winged” built from πετεινός G4071 (per Strong's) · Abbott-Smith agrees in 1 verse
Rendered in BSB as: wings ×5 (5 links)
Each verse shows the form used there and its grammar in plain English. What do these terms mean?
Full definitions (source + licence)
Dodson Greek Lexicon [G4420]
a wing, pinion.
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5 verse(s)
- Matthew 23:37 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.pterugas – noun · accusative (object) · plural · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-APF - Luke 13:34 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.pterugas – noun · accusative (object) · plural · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-APF - Revelation 4:8 And the four living creatures, each by itself severally, had six wings, around and within [are] full of eyes, and rest they have not day and night, saying, 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is coming;'pterugas – noun · accusative (object) · plural · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-APF - Revelation 9:9 and they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings [is] as the noise of chariots of many horses running to battle;pterugōn – noun · genitive (often 'of') · plural · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-GPF - Revelation 12:14 and there were given to the woman two wings of the great eagle, that she may fly to the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent;pteruges – noun · nominative (subject) · plural · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
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